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| Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Box set, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC |
| Contributor | Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 3 |
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Sci-fi's hottest TV series returns as Battlestar Galactica 2.0 blasts onto DVD in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. As the epic second season begins, the fight to save humanity rages on—even as civil war looms within the fleet between the followers of President Roslin and Commander Adama. Relive all the intensity and excitement aboard the Galactica with a supernova of explosive bonus features, including deleted scenes and podcasts. It's a heart-pounding adventure you can't afford to miss! Disc 1:
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The first half of Battlestar Galactica's second season left no doubts about the continuing excellence of the best science fiction TV series of 2005. Beginning with the Colonial Fleet separated, Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan) botching his temporary command, and Capt. Adama (Edward James Olmos) near death after a Cylon assassination attempt, series producer/developer Ronald D. Moore and his gifted writing staff packed more into these 10 episodes than most series manage in a full season. Maintaining its reputation as an adult drama, the series is compellingly anchored by the gravitas of Olmos and Mary McDonnell, whose role as Fleet President Laura Roslin grows more complex as she reveals her diagnosis of breast cancer and defies Adama, playing the "religious card" with her conviction that prophetic visions will lead the embattled fleet toward its legendary home planet Earth. As Adama's son Apollo (Jamie Bamber) wrestles with his role in Roslin's mutinous agenda, paranoia runs high as Cylon copies (or "avatars") of Boomer (Grace Park) complicate matters aboard Galactica and on Kobol, where a lost Raptor crew struggles to survive and Dr. Baltar (James Callis) endures the increasingly haunting and manipulative intrusions into his tormented psyche by Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seductive Cylon who holds the secret to the Cylon master plan to destroy humankind.
Further action takes place on Cylon-occupied Caprica, where Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) and Helo (Tamoh Penikett) discover a group of human resistance fighters who survived the Cylons' nuclear attack in season 1. As all of these plot threads are expertly interwoven, the high-stakes conflict of BG 2.0 culminates in a suspenseful mid-season cliffhanger. Through all of this, Battlestar Galactica maintains consistently high standards of intelligent drama and well-justified, story-based use of spectacular special effects, while developing rich relationships across a broad spectrum of interesting supporting characters. The series' large and likable cast is well-used throughout (even smaller roles are given adequate dimension), and Moore's "podcast" commentaries provide a smart, thorough analysis of the show's writing process and conceptual evolution. Yes, it's undeniably true that this half-season DVD set is a blatantly commercial ploy to lure more and more viewers into the ongoing season (which resumed in January 2006), but you can hardly blame Universal for capitalizing on a high-quality series. With solid ratings, good scripts, and a devoted cast and crew, Battlestar Galactica showed every indication of thriving toward a third season and beyond. --Jeff Shannon
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 8.8 ounces
- Item model number : MFR025192937521#VG
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Box set, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC
- Run time : 7 hours and 18 minutes
- Release date : December 20, 2005
- Actors : Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified
- Studio : Universal
- ASIN : B000BNI90Y
- Number of discs : 3
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With the older Adama unconscious, Tigh is put in charge, and it is clear that he is no leader. He has an alcohol problem, an ambitious wife (Kate Vernon), and a surly attitude towards most people. Furthermore, his relationship with Apollo, who is the head pilot on Galactica, is obviously very strained now that Apollo put his gun to Tigh's head. In the first two episodes, Galactica gets seperated from the rest of the fleet, leaving the civilians defenseless, and a cylon raiding party boards the ship and attempts to take out the ship from within.
On Caprica, Starbuck and Helo try to find a way off the planet, only to run into a human resistance group that has been operating out of an old hospital. But they aren't the only ones that Starbuck finds; a frightening plot is uncovered by her when she encounters a group of cylons. Meanwhile, the people on Kobol are forced to fend for themselves while Galactica is busy trying to find the fleet and deal with Boomer. Number Six (Tricia Helfer) begins to get a firmer grip over Baltar's mind, and gets him to do more and more questionable deeds.
And that's all in the first few episodes. Unlike most shows, the problems presented at the end of Season 1 aren't solved in the first episode. Many of them are so deep that it requires multiple episodes to resolve certain characters' predicaments. I'm going to give a small spoiler by saying that eventually, everyone makes it back to Galactica, meaning that Helo is back on the ship for the first time since the Miniseries pilot. Of course, this creates only more trouble due to the bizarre love triangle that exists between Tyrol, Boomer, and Helo. Each man loved her, and in S1, they each got to know a different copy of the same model. Now, they both have a love/hate relationship with the copy remaining on Galactica. Further troubles come about through the paranoid actions of crew members (my favorite involving Specialist Cally), the introduction of 2 new human-form cylon models (bringing the total to 6, leaving 6 left to be uncovered), and the reappearance of political "activist" Tom Zarek (Richard Hatch, of the original Battlestar Galactica).
These 10 episodes further prove that a science fiction show can not only be good, but be amazing. It is a shame that this show is overlooked by many people as just a "sci-fi" show, but it is so much more. Most critics as well as the relatively large number of fans (for a show on a cable genre network, it sure does get good ratings) recognize that this is a compelling drama that just happens to take place in outer space. It deals with weighty subjects such as genocide, human flaws, paranoia, and religion.
This season retooled the opening theme a little bit. The music is now the chant used in Season 1 in the UK (instead of the march used last year in the US), and while most of the clips are still from the miniseries, there are a few from the previous year. For a while, the second part of the credits, which showed scenes from the episode set to a drum beat, was removed, only to be replaced halfway into the run (fortunately). The most interesting addition is a textual representation of how many people are still alive. Each week in the credits, there is a sentence which lists the exact number of survivors, and it changes every week, depending on how many people died (or appeared) the week before.
It's hard to say which season is better (so far; this is only half of S2, which I'll get to soon). The 13 episodes of S1 were all great. In the first half of S2, there are no "bad" episodes per se, but there are some episodes that don't seem up to the usual quality that we expect from Battlestar Galactica (such as "Valley of Darkness"). However, the best episodes of the season (so far) have been absolutely amazing. "Scattered", "Home, Parts 1 and 2", and "Pegasus", which in my opinion is the best episode of the series so far, are sheer brilliance.
As for the whole "Season 2.0" thing, I am very upset about this. All the respect that I had for Universal for releasing the Miniseries with the S1 set evaporated when I learned that they were pulling this stunt. Due to the schedule of the Sci-Fi channel, they are releasing the first half of S2 before Christmas, and then when the season ends in March, they'll release the second half, thus forcing us to spend more money on these two sets than we would have to if it were one set. I really hope that they eventually release "The Complete Second Season", and I will hold off buying this until I get a definitive answer. If there isn't going to be a Complete S2 set, I will buy both sets (I will be a little ticked off, but I love BSG too much), but if they release a Complete S2 set, I would reccomend buying that one.
This is one of the best show's on TV right now. If you are a sci-fi fan, this is a must-see show. If you aren't a sci-fi fan, you should still consider checking this out. Even though it's in space and has killer robots, it is more human than most other drama shows on TV today. So say we all.
If you want to wait for the full 2nd season set - which there probably will be eventually - then please wait. However, you need to remember that while the show is a hit in Sci-Fi Channel terms it is not even close to the ratings or the advertising revenue as network shows. Galactica is not a cheap show to make even shot in Canada.
I have a friend who has worked for the production companies that do the Stargates. If not for the DVD sales they could not have continued to do SG1 and there never would have been an Atlantis. The licensing fee from Sci-Fi could not cover the costs (especially of a long running show with increasing salaries every year behind and in front of the camera). The DVD sales allowed them to continue, spin off Atlantis, and remain on Sci-Fi in a way that made economic sense to both parties (Sci-Fi and the production company). Look, the reason HBO wants the Sopranos back every year, and can bring it back for another season, is because of the DVD revenue (Emmy Awards are great but they don't pay the bills and don't think for a minute our subscriptions are covering all those show costs....).
That is how we should all be looking at Galactica and its DVD releases. Yes, it is a way to make money. Good for them. If the merchandising and syndication of Star Trek hadn't been so successful Paramount would have literally gone out of business in the 70's. This has been written about a lot, especially around the time they were owned by Gulf and Western. Trek carried them for a long time even before the movies or the new shows came around in the 80s and 90s.
Universal is a business and if it doesn't make economical sense to do the show they will stop. If you want to wait for hopefully the full season on DVD again please wait. However, I am personally getting copies of the first half of season 2 for friends who need to catch up before January 6th. I want this show to continue, I want to support it, and I want more people coming to it. If releasing half of season 2 now helps with costs, proves there is a audience base beyond the ratings on Sci-Fi (and remember, Sci-Fi doesn't have the same market penetration/carriage as channels like ESPN or CNN which everyone has) it helps insure that there will be a season 3, 4, etc. At least it makes a great argument for them.
Yes, it is kind of a pain that they are splitting the season but hopefully the benefit to us all in the long run will be that the show continues and at the level and production value it is now.
Though this might be taken as a joke - and I do not mean it to be - look at a show like 7th Heaven. I used to work for Spelling Entertainment who produced it. For years it was the #1 show on The WB (even beating out Buffy some years). I think this past year it was number 3 for them, I believe behind Smallville and Gilmore Girls (both those shows ratings are up this year by the way). Still pretty darn good. However, 7th was cancelled and ends in May because of costs, not ratings. The principle actors are reported to be making around $100,000 per episode and per episode cost is around $2 mil. That is high for any show and puts it in "24" or "Lost" territory. The difference is that 7th Heaven doesn't sell the DVD units that 24 or other shows (Smallville, Lost, Gilmore - which flies off the shelves according to my friend at Warners - or even Galactica) does. If it did 7th would probably have come back for another season. The Los Angeles Times wrote an article a month or so ago about this fact. The producers of 24 said in that article if not for the DVD sales they'd be off the air because even Fox could not afford them (that is, in relation to per episode cost versus per episode advertising revenue they are able to generate). So do not underestimate the importance or impact of this revenue stream even on network shows considered hits.
So is Universal making money? Absolutely. I don't know about you but when Universal thinks Galactica I want them to think "Profit center!". Again, if you want to wait please wait, please don't spend the money now if a full season 2 comes out next year and you'll be upset. Not worth that. This is supposed to be a good thing: A great sci-fi show that takes itself and its audience seriously. This splitting the season may upset some people, but please don't let it. I don't know about any of you but I have waited a long time for a show like this. I choose to look at it in a positive light. And yeah, they will get my $40 and then some because I want the message to be heard: This show is being watched , we want more, and I am putting my money where my mouth is to make that message heard, even in a very small way.
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of season 2 starting January 6th. Take care.
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Does it manage? Yes it does, and a whole lot more besides. Not only does this season stay as good as the last one, but it's repeatedly even better.
Now, it's worth mentioning that if you haven't seen season one and the mini-series that preceded it, this season probably won't make a whole lot of sense since it's only real flaw is that it's not very forgiving on newcomers this far in.
Season two is all about choices and consequences. Again and again the increasingly worn down fleet is faced with difficult choices that make the Olympic Carrier crisis from season one look easy. You will not be able to come down on one side or the other, there's way to much moral ambiguity in place at every turn for clear right-and-wrong distinctions to be made. This adds even more realism to a series already steeped in it, and that makes it even better since BSG's realism is one of it's strongest traits. With every hard decision comes ripples of consequence throughout the series, with no-one left unaffected and no plot-line untouched. Often tiny decisions lead to larger problems but then come the really big questions, where one wrong move could spell extermination, and we as an audience realize that we haven't any more idea what the right choice is than the protagonists.
The population count the president kept in the previous installments is now placed (updated per episode) into the opening credits so we're given a constant reminder of how few people are left, with every loss (and very occasional gain) constantly pointed out to us this series never looses momentum and the perpetual sense of threat never lessens. This is one of the simplest and yet most ingenious devices ever deployed in a television series and deserves mention for it's sheer genius.
One of the things that stands out having watched this season is just how smart it is. It's clearly written by a very intelligent group of writer's who have no problem infusing moral unease or philosophical debate into their show, and yet they manage to pull it off without a whiff of pretentiousness or boredom. You're being challenged, but you're not being lectured.
The visual effects are as good as ever, with some very impressive battle sequences and dog-fights still kept firmly grounded in familiar science and technology. The musical score is as haunting, stirring and involving as before. From a standpoint of presentation values this series is unusually minimalist, but still manages to maintain incredibly high standards throughout.
The performances from the large cast are all still excellent, as are those from the occasional new comers, every character is still as well realized and honestly three-dimensional as before with long-standing personal tensions and motives driving the storytelling for most of the episodes rather than the individual problems faced in each.
The cylons are given a lot more screen time in season two, providing insight into life on the twelve colonies for everyday cylons as well as their true motives and feelings around the original attacks that started the story. The centurions (cylons that don't look human) appear much more as well, and continue to break sci-fi tradition by being not only intelligent and apparently self-aware but also incredibly dangerous, if you wanted a race of killing machines, you'd build them like this. The enemy getting this much fleshing out in any series like this is extremely unusual and BSG gains a lot from the way it treats it's villains - to the extent that on occasion, you might just come down on their side.
In conclusion, Battlestar Galactica maintains and exceeds it's already towering standards of entertainment throughout it's second season. It consistently challenges, thrills and entertains it's audience with well-written scripts, great production values and true-to-life performances. If you enjoyed the first season then sit back, relax, and prepare to be blown away. It's just plain genius.
Gut, english ist nicht meine muttersprache, aber es reicht alle mal, ausserdem kann die deutsche syncro nur teilweise mithalten - die d-sync v. cmd. adama is einfach genial! - das englishe Orginal tranportiert einfach noch mehr spannung die süchtig macht.
Wer die erste Staffel sein eigen nennt, sollte hier auf jedenfall zugreifen, aber sollte sich nicht wundern wenn er nach der ersten folge ,der ersten dvd, nicht mehr aufhören kann.
Zum schluss muss ich sagen das mich noch keine Serie dermaßen in ihren Bann gezogen hat (und ich war auch Babylon5-fan) wie diese. Man leidet mit jedem crewman, kann sich in jeden "Bösewicht" hinein versetzen und seine Motive verstehen und noch nie habe ich Charaktere so lebendig und "echt" auf den schirm präsentiert bekommen (zb. Starbuck).
Die Autoren und Produzenten haben hier wirklich ein Meisterwerk geschaffen, dass seinesgleichen sucht.






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